How to save £1500 in one year without realising it!!

Are you a “new year, new me” kind of person? I’m not, I just strive to be a better version of myself every year!

This year with the twins due and redundancy looming, it is time to consider ways to save some money and of course cancelling unnecessary direct debits.

I used to put £20 a week away when I first quit smoking which was great as that was an extra £80 a month but if I showed restraint and stopped touching that, I would have saved £960 in a year!!!

I read something the other day about saving £1 on the first week of the year, £2 on the second week and going up to £52 (52 weeks of the year).

But I realised at the end of the year when you’re saving for christmas or just paid out, you’re expected to put away £202 in one month – this is just not possible for anyone, let alone a parent of three kids!

What I have seen and what I’m considering doing ourselves, is for every Sunday put £1 away. Whether it be a pot, jar, by direct debit or like we have – a five litre empty bottle of Jack Daniels.

Every Monday you put £2 in, Tuesdays put away £3 etc until you get to Saturday when you put £7 away. That means every week you save £28 and well, after 52 weeks that amounts to £1456.00!!!!

Even if you decide to finish at the start of December you have £1344 to go towards your Christmas…. done!!!What are your ideas for saving this year? Let me know!!